Development Of A Landscape Ecological Model For Management Of Ontario Forests
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| Author | : Larry E. Band |
| Publisher | : Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. : Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources |
| Total Pages | : 76 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : |
This report describes the work accomplished under Phase 2 of a project to develop and apply a landscape ecological model to aid in the understanding and management of Ontario forest ecosystems. The first year concentrated on the initial development and testing of a data and simulation system to predict and understand forest productivity and water cycling for a test area in the Temagami District of Ontario. The second year's efforts further extended and developed the landscape model for three additional ecosystems along a significant east-west gradient across the province. The sites were chosen to provide both a broad geographic range in location and biome and a set of comprehensive measurements of forest productivity and hydrology for model diagnosis and validation. The three areas incorporated into the east-west gradient are the Petawawa National Forest Institute near Pembroke, the Turkey Lakes Experimental Watershed north of Sault Ste. Marie, and the area around Rinker Lake, north of Thunder Bay. Modifications and improvements were implemented in the digital terrain analysis methods, in the user interface, and in specific process modules.
| Author | : Ajith H. Perera |
| Publisher | : UBC Press |
| Total Pages | : 355 |
| Release | : 2011-11-01 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 0774842369 |
The growing popularity of the broad, landscape-scale approach to forest management represents a dramatic shift from the traditional, stand-based focus on timber production. Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape responds to the increasing need of forest policy developers, planners, and managers for an integrated, comprehensive perspective on ecological landscapes. The book examines the "big picture" of ecological patterns and processes through a case study of the vast managed forest region in Ontario. The contributors synthesize current landscape ecological knowledge of this area and look at gaps and future research directions from several points of view: spatial patterns, ecological functions and processes, natural disturbances, and ecological responses to disturbance. They also discuss the integration of landscape ecological knowledge into policies of forest management policies, particularly with respect to Ontario's legislative goals of forest sustainability. Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape is the first book to describe the landscape ecology of a continuously forested landscape in a comprehensive manner. It is written for instructors and students in forest management, wildlife ecology, and landscape ecology, and for forest managers, planners, and policy developers in North America.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 1995-11 |
| Genre | : Biomass energy |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Larry E. Band |
| Publisher | : Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. : Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources |
| Total Pages | : 60 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Ajith H. Perera |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 246 |
| Release | : 2007-03-14 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780387342436 |
Landscape ecology has generated a wealth of knowledge that could enhance forest policy, but little of this knowledge has found its way into practice. This the first book to introduce landscape ecologists to the discipline of knowledge transfer. The book considers knowledge transfer in general, critically examines aspects that are unique to forest landscape ecology, and reviews case studies of successful applications for policy developers and forest managers in North America.
| Author | : Kim Lowell |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 474 |
| Release | : 2000-03-01 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 1482279576 |
Spatial technologies such as GIS and remote sensing are widely used for environmental and natural resource studies. Spatial Accuracy Assessment provides state-of-the-science methods, techniques and real-world solutions designed to validate spatial data, to meet quality assurance objectives, and to ensure cost-effective project implementation.
| Author | : Band, Larry E. (Lawrence E.) |
| Publisher | : Sault Ste. Marie : Ontario Forest Research Institute |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Ecology |
| ISBN | : |
The focus of this study was to estimate the distribution of ecosystem productivity in Ontario at the provincial scale and to explain the nested patterns of productivity based on geoclimatic variables. The study approach, called the Regional HydroEcological Simulation System, uses remote sensing data, geographic information systems, hydroecological simulation modelling, and spatial statistical analysis to simulate forest ecosystem processes at high resolution across a range of Ontario landscapes. The techniques developed were used to partition the province into distinct, ecologically consistent, nested zones, where geoclimatic controls explain much of the variance in productivity at the largest spatial scales and where local landforms & soils control productivity at progressively smaller spatial scales.
| Author | : Richard A. Sims |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 619 |
| Release | : 2012-12-06 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9400916531 |
Ecological Land Classification (ELC) refers to the description of land resources at a range of spatial resolutions (i.e. global to local) and for a range of purposes or values. The emerging science of ELC is in fact a very carefully integrated blend of vegetation and earth sciences, climatology, cartography and ecology with a range of new technologies and methodologies including computer-based geographic information systems, remote sensing and simulation modelling. This publication defines the current `state-of-the-art' of ELC. It provides particular insight into the role of ELC in current and future forest resource planning and management, and emphasizes its application and usefulness at various spatial scales, for a variety of geographic locations, and under a range of management scenarios/constraints. The book is an invaluable and substantial reference source about the current trends in ELC and will be of particular value to ecologists, foresters, geographers, resource managers, wildlife biologists, GIS and remote sensing specialists, educators and students.
| Author | : Ontario Forest Research Institute |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 98 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : |
This annotated bibliography contains citations to all publications written, co-authored, or commissioned by Ontario Forest Research Institute staff between 1990 and 1995. Over this period, over 400 publications were produced, including 78 journal articles, 60 reports, 13 program annual reports, six guides or handbooks, 31 technical notes, 80 newsletters or newsletter articles, 34 papers in conference or workshop proceedings, and 115 abstracts of proceedings. Includes author index.
| Author | : David J. B. Baldwin |
| Publisher | : Sault Ste. Marie : Ontario Forest Research Institute |
| Total Pages | : 80 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : |
Ecoregionalization systems used in resource management stratify terrestrial or aquatic ecosystems and attempt to simplify ecological complexity. They provide an ecologically based alternative to arbitrary administrative planning units and a logical basis for forest resource & protected area planning, assessing biodiversity, monitoring ecosystems, and stratifying sample areas for research. This report examines the regional-level units of the three ecoregionalization systems available for Ontario: Hills Site Regions (Hills, 1959); Terrestrial Ecoregions of Ontario (Wickware & Rubec, 1989); and Revised Terrestrial Ecoregions (Ecological Stratification Working Group, 1995). The objective is to quantify these systems using a multivariate set of geoclimatic variables and to determine the effectiveness of these systems in stratifying different ecological conditions in the province. The report provides descriptive statistics & principal components analysis of each regional unit, compares multivariate distances & geologic similarity among units, and examines gradients of geoclimatic variables across unit boundaries. Strengths & weaknesses of each system in delineating groups of variables (temperature, precipitation, geology, terrain) are discussed along with the implications for using existing systems & future ecoregionalization development.
